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AdeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "A chill," whispered Lady Baltimore to everybody, in her kindly, sympathetic way, caught during that miserable drive yesterday.
add
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From this reading She told her small story beautifully, but omitted to add that Joyce had refused to come downstairs, and that she had seemed so wretchedly low-spirited that at last her hostess had ceased to urge her.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "I have seen the desire of mine eyes, The beginning of love, The season of kisses and sighs, And the end thereof."
appearancenounUS /ˈappearance/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Miss Kavanagh put in no appearance at dinner.
arms
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From this reading She hoped it would be nothing, but thought it better to induce Joyce to remain quiet in her own room for the rest of the evening, safe from draughts and the dangers attendant on the baring of her neck and arms.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Miss Kavanagh put in no appearance at dinner.
attendant
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From this reading She hoped it would be nothing, but thought it better to induce Joyce to remain quiet in her own room for the rest of the evening, safe from draughts and the dangers attendant on the baring of her neck and arms.
Baltimore
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From this reading "A chill," whispered Lady Baltimore to everybody, in her kindly, sympathetic way, caught during that miserable drive yesterday.
baring
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From this reading She hoped it would be nothing, but thought it better to induce Joyce to remain quiet in her own room for the rest of the evening, safe from draughts and the dangers attendant on the baring of her neck and arms.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading She hoped it would be nothing, but thought it better to induce Joyce to remain quiet in her own room for the rest of the evening, safe from draughts and the dangers attendant on the baring of her neck and arms.
beautifully
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From this reading She told her small story beautifully, but omitted to add that Joyce had refused to come downstairs, and that she had seemed so wretchedly low-spirited that at last her hostess had ceased to urge her.
beginningnounUS /ˈbeginning/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading "I have seen the desire of mine eyes, The beginning of love, The season of kisses and sighs, And the end thereof."
better
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From this reading She hoped it would be nothing, but thought it better to induce Joyce to remain quiet in her own room for the rest of the evening, safe from draughts and the dangers attendant on the baring of her neck and arms.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading She hoped it would be nothing, but thought it better to induce Joyce to remain quiet in her own room for the rest of the evening, safe from draughts and the dangers attendant on the baring of her neck and arms.
caught
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From this reading "A chill," whispered Lady Baltimore to everybody, in her kindly, sympathetic way, caught during that miserable drive yesterday.
ceased
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From this reading She told her small story beautifully, but omitted to add that Joyce had refused to come downstairs, and that she had seemed so wretchedly low-spirited that at last her hostess had ceased to urge her.
chill
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From this reading "A chill," whispered Lady Baltimore to everybody, in her kindly, sympathetic way, caught during that miserable drive yesterday.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She told her small story beautifully, but omitted to add that Joyce had refused to come downstairs, and that she had seemed so wretchedly low-spirited that at last her hostess had ceased to urge her.
dangers
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From this reading She hoped it would be nothing, but thought it better to induce Joyce to remain quiet in her own room for the rest of the evening, safe from draughts and the dangers attendant on the baring of her neck and arms.
desire
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From this reading "I have seen the desire of mine eyes, The beginning of love, The season of kisses and sighs, And the end thereof."
dinner
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From this reading Miss Kavanagh put in no appearance at dinner.
downstairs
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From this reading She told her small story beautifully, but omitted to add that Joyce had refused to come downstairs, and that she had seemed so wretchedly low-spirited that at last her hostess had ceased to urge her.
draughts
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From this reading She hoped it would be nothing, but thought it better to induce Joyce to remain quiet in her own room for the rest of the evening, safe from draughts and the dangers attendant on the baring of her neck and arms.
drive
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From this reading "A chill," whispered Lady Baltimore to everybody, in her kindly, sympathetic way, caught during that miserable drive yesterday.
duringprepositionUS /ˈdʊrɪŋ/
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading "A chill," whispered Lady Baltimore to everybody, in her kindly, sympathetic way, caught during that miserable drive yesterday.
end
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From this reading "I have seen the desire of mine eyes, The beginning of love, The season of kisses and sighs, And the end thereof."
evening
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From this reading She hoped it would be nothing, but thought it better to induce Joyce to remain quiet in her own room for the rest of the evening, safe from draughts and the dangers attendant on the baring of her neck and arms.
everybodypronounUS /ˈevribɑːdi/
every person
From this reading "A chill," whispered Lady Baltimore to everybody, in her kindly, sympathetic way, caught during that miserable drive yesterday.
eyes
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From this reading "I have seen the desire of mine eyes, The beginning of love, The season of kisses and sighs, And the end thereof."
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading She hoped it would be nothing, but thought it better to induce Joyce to remain quiet in her own room for the rest of the evening, safe from draughts and the dangers attendant on the baring of her neck and arms.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading She hoped it would be nothing, but thought it better to induce Joyce to remain quiet in her own room for the rest of the evening, safe from draughts and the dangers attendant on the baring of her neck and arms.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She told her small story beautifully, but omitted to add that Joyce had refused to come downstairs, and that she had seemed so wretchedly low-spirited that at last her hostess had ceased to urge her.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "I have seen the desire of mine eyes, The beginning of love, The season of kisses and sighs, And the end thereof."
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "A chill," whispered Lady Baltimore to everybody, in her kindly, sympathetic way, caught during that miserable drive yesterday.
hoped
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From this reading She hoped it would be nothing, but thought it better to induce Joyce to remain quiet in her own room for the rest of the evening, safe from draughts and the dangers attendant on the baring of her neck and arms.
hostess
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From this reading She told her small story beautifully, but omitted to add that Joyce had refused to come downstairs, and that she had seemed so wretchedly low-spirited that at last her hostess had ceased to urge her.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I have seen the desire of mine eyes, The beginning of love, The season of kisses and sighs, And the end thereof."
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Miss Kavanagh put in no appearance at dinner.
induce
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From this reading She hoped it would be nothing, but thought it better to induce Joyce to remain quiet in her own room for the rest of the evening, safe from draughts and the dangers attendant on the baring of her neck and arms.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading She hoped it would be nothing, but thought it better to induce Joyce to remain quiet in her own room for the rest of the evening, safe from draughts and the dangers attendant on the baring of her neck and arms.
Joyce
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From this reading She hoped it would be nothing, but thought it better to induce Joyce to remain quiet in her own room for the rest of the evening, safe from draughts and the dangers attendant on the baring of her neck and arms.
Kavanagh
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From this reading Miss Kavanagh put in no appearance at dinner.
kindly
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From this reading "A chill," whispered Lady Baltimore to everybody, in her kindly, sympathetic way, caught during that miserable drive yesterday.
kisses
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From this reading "I have seen the desire of mine eyes, The beginning of love, The season of kisses and sighs, And the end thereof."
Lady
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From this reading "A chill," whispered Lady Baltimore to everybody, in her kindly, sympathetic way, caught during that miserable drive yesterday.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She told her small story beautifully, but omitted to add that Joyce had refused to come downstairs, and that she had seemed so wretchedly low-spirited that at last her hostess had ceased to urge her.
love
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From this reading "I have seen the desire of mine eyes, The beginning of love, The season of kisses and sighs, And the end thereof."
low-spirited
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From this reading She told her small story beautifully, but omitted to add that Joyce had refused to come downstairs, and that she had seemed so wretchedly low-spirited that at last her hostess had ceased to urge her.
minepronounUS /maɪn/
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "I have seen the desire of mine eyes, The beginning of love, The season of kisses and sighs, And the end thereof."
miserable
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From this reading "A chill," whispered Lady Baltimore to everybody, in her kindly, sympathetic way, caught during that miserable drive yesterday.
Miss
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From this reading Miss Kavanagh put in no appearance at dinner.
neck
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From this reading She hoped it would be nothing, but thought it better to induce Joyce to remain quiet in her own room for the rest of the evening, safe from draughts and the dangers attendant on the baring of her neck and arms.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Miss Kavanagh put in no appearance at dinner.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading She hoped it would be nothing, but thought it better to induce Joyce to remain quiet in her own room for the rest of the evening, safe from draughts and the dangers attendant on the baring of her neck and arms.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "I have seen the desire of mine eyes, The beginning of love, The season of kisses and sighs, And the end thereof."
omitted
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From this reading She told her small story beautifully, but omitted to add that Joyce had refused to come downstairs, and that she had seemed so wretchedly low-spirited that at last her hostess had ceased to urge her.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading She hoped it would be nothing, but thought it better to induce Joyce to remain quiet in her own room for the rest of the evening, safe from draughts and the dangers attendant on the baring of her neck and arms.
own
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From this reading She hoped it would be nothing, but thought it better to induce Joyce to remain quiet in her own room for the rest of the evening, safe from draughts and the dangers attendant on the baring of her neck and arms.
put
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From this reading Miss Kavanagh put in no appearance at dinner.
quiet
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From this reading She hoped it would be nothing, but thought it better to induce Joyce to remain quiet in her own room for the rest of the evening, safe from draughts and the dangers attendant on the baring of her neck and arms.
refused
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From this reading She told her small story beautifully, but omitted to add that Joyce had refused to come downstairs, and that she had seemed so wretchedly low-spirited that at last her hostess had ceased to urge her.
remain
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From this reading She hoped it would be nothing, but thought it better to induce Joyce to remain quiet in her own room for the rest of the evening, safe from draughts and the dangers attendant on the baring of her neck and arms.
restnounUS /rest/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She hoped it would be nothing, but thought it better to induce Joyce to remain quiet in her own room for the rest of the evening, safe from draughts and the dangers attendant on the baring of her neck and arms.
room
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From this reading She hoped it would be nothing, but thought it better to induce Joyce to remain quiet in her own room for the rest of the evening, safe from draughts and the dangers attendant on the baring of her neck and arms.
safe
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From this reading She hoped it would be nothing, but thought it better to induce Joyce to remain quiet in her own room for the rest of the evening, safe from draughts and the dangers attendant on the baring of her neck and arms.
season
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From this reading "I have seen the desire of mine eyes, The beginning of love, The season of kisses and sighs, And the end thereof."
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She told her small story beautifully, but omitted to add that Joyce had refused to come downstairs, and that she had seemed so wretchedly low-spirited that at last her hostess had ceased to urge her.
seen
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From this reading "I have seen the desire of mine eyes, The beginning of love, The season of kisses and sighs, And the end thereof."
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She hoped it would be nothing, but thought it better to induce Joyce to remain quiet in her own room for the rest of the evening, safe from draughts and the dangers attendant on the baring of her neck and arms.
sighs
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From this reading "I have seen the desire of mine eyes, The beginning of love, The season of kisses and sighs, And the end thereof."
small
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From this reading She told her small story beautifully, but omitted to add that Joyce had refused to come downstairs, and that she had seemed so wretchedly low-spirited that at last her hostess had ceased to urge her.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading She told her small story beautifully, but omitted to add that Joyce had refused to come downstairs, and that she had seemed so wretchedly low-spirited that at last her hostess had ceased to urge her.
story
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From this reading She told her small story beautifully, but omitted to add that Joyce had refused to come downstairs, and that she had seemed so wretchedly low-spirited that at last her hostess had ceased to urge her.
sympathetic
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From this reading "A chill," whispered Lady Baltimore to everybody, in her kindly, sympathetic way, caught during that miserable drive yesterday.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "A chill," whispered Lady Baltimore to everybody, in her kindly, sympathetic way, caught during that miserable drive yesterday.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "I have seen the desire of mine eyes, The beginning of love, The season of kisses and sighs, And the end thereof."
thereof
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From this reading "I have seen the desire of mine eyes, The beginning of love, The season of kisses and sighs, And the end thereof."
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She hoped it would be nothing, but thought it better to induce Joyce to remain quiet in her own room for the rest of the evening, safe from draughts and the dangers attendant on the baring of her neck and arms.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "A chill," whispered Lady Baltimore to everybody, in her kindly, sympathetic way, caught during that miserable drive yesterday.
toldnounUS /told/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She told her small story beautifully, but omitted to add that Joyce had refused to come downstairs, and that she had seemed so wretchedly low-spirited that at last her hostess had ceased to urge her.
urge
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From this reading She told her small story beautifully, but omitted to add that Joyce had refused to come downstairs, and that she had seemed so wretchedly low-spirited that at last her hostess had ceased to urge her.
way
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From this reading "A chill," whispered Lady Baltimore to everybody, in her kindly, sympathetic way, caught during that miserable drive yesterday.
whispered
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From this reading "A chill," whispered Lady Baltimore to everybody, in her kindly, sympathetic way, caught during that miserable drive yesterday.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading She hoped it would be nothing, but thought it better to induce Joyce to remain quiet in her own room for the rest of the evening, safe from draughts and the dangers attendant on the baring of her neck and arms.
wretchedly
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From this reading She told her small story beautifully, but omitted to add that Joyce had refused to come downstairs, and that she had seemed so wretchedly low-spirited that at last her hostess had ceased to urge her.
yesterday
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From this reading "A chill," whispered Lady Baltimore to everybody, in her kindly, sympathetic way, caught during that miserable drive yesterday.
